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Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.
United States
Competitor Group, Inc.
60F / 16C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 52m 49s
Overall Rank = 2737/16291
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 292/924
Pre-race routine:

Not much of a routine for this race, road the metro to the race (first time on the metro) ate a bagel and a banana at the event prior to start.
Event warmup:

No warm-up
Run
  • 1h 52m 49s
  • 13.31 miles
  • 08m 29s  min/mile
Comments:

First couple miles of this race, I wasn't really feeling it, energy was low, legs felt tired and sluggish. Started gel nutrition about 10 minutes earlier than had planned and soon came around. The rest of the race went well. Kept good pace throughout with exception of some tough hills but the crowd around me were all feeling the pain as well.

Feel I had a good race plan going in and made good decisions for on the fly adjustments.

1 8:43.4
2 8:14.8
3 7:37.1
4 8:25.1
5 8:41.1
6 8:40.2
7 8:55.2
8 8:36.7
9 8:12.0
10 8:16.9
11 8:30.2
12 8:58.3
13 8:21.3
14 2:39.6
What would you do differently?:

Plan better for breakfast.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around the event then went back out on the course a mile back to cheer on runners and run my wife in.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Pre-race nutrition.




Last updated: 2012-02-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:52:49 | 13.31 miles | 08m 29s  min/mile
Age Group: 292/924
Overall: 2737/16291
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2012-03-17 8:21 PM

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2012-03-17 9:25 PM
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Master
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Nice job and congrats on the PR!
2012-03-18 12:15 AM
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Great job, Brent!  Congrats on the PR!
2012-03-18 1:08 AM
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Nice execution of your plan, Brent! Way to P.R!
2012-03-18 1:19 PM
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awesome job,  bro!
2012-03-18 3:55 PM
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Wow, that's a big race.  Way to make adjustments and get it done.  Congrats on the PR.


2012-03-18 4:58 PM
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Woo-Hoo, a big PR!  Pretty even splits, but what's up with mile 3????
2012-03-18 6:28 PM
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Great race, Brent! Congratulations on the big PR!
2012-03-19 5:24 AM
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Elite
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Way to get it done! SWEET PR!
2012-03-19 7:29 AM
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Expert
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Congrats on the PR!  Way to be consistent out there! 
2012-03-19 8:55 AM
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Master
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Very nice PR!!!!


2012-03-19 8:58 AM
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Great job Brent!
2012-03-19 9:36 AM
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Way to go, setting a new PR! It's also great that you ran w/your wife.
2012-03-19 12:32 PM
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Congrats on the PR!!! Fantastic execution and way to stay strong to the end!
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